Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Political Science
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-165066 PSCI 214-1 Race and the Law Spring 2024 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MW 325 PM 440 PM Dewey Room 2110D 01/17/2024 05/11/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
23 		Capacity     
35
Co-Located: AAAS 212-1, PSCI 214-1 (P)
Instructors: Erin Bevel; Jeffrey McCune
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Description: This course deals with questions raised at the intersection of constitutional law and sociological and political science studies of the politics and practice of race in the United States.  While studying major court decisions concerning race and slavery, voting, property rights, segregation/de-segregation, criminal justice, voting, discrimination, and affirmative action, we will examine questions such as: what is the role of the legal system in constituting and perpetuating the racial order of the United States?  To what extent do court rulings reflect more than they shape what actually happens outside of the legal system?  How, if at all, do they shape public opinion?  What are the advantages and disadvantages of courts as a tool for social change?  Do answers to these questions vary by area of law and/or historical period?  The course is largely discussion-based and will include readings in case law, critical legal studies, critical race theory, and works in political science and sociology.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-145217 PSCI 214-1 Race and the Law Spring 2023 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MW 325 PM 440 PM Dewey Room 2110D 01/11/2023 05/06/2023
Enrollment: Enrolled     
33 		Capacity     
45
Co-Located: AAAS 212-1, PSCI 214-1 (P)
Instructors: Alexander Moon
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Description: This course deals with questions raised at the intersection of constitutional law and sociological and political science studies of the politics and practice of race in the United States.  While studying major court decisions concerning race and slavery, voting, property rights, segregation/de-segregation, criminal justice, voting, discrimination, and affirmative action, we will examine questions such as: what is the role of the legal system in constituting and perpetuating the racial order of the United States?  To what extent do court rulings reflect more than they shape what actually happens outside of the legal system?  How, if at all, do they shape public opinion?  What are the advantages and disadvantages of courts as a tool for social change?  Do answers to these questions vary by area of law and/or historical period?  The course is largely discussion-based and will include readings in case law, critical legal studies, critical race theory, and works in political science and sociology.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer